Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102
§2763 Compensatory Absence From Duty for Military Personnel at Isolated Duty Stations
Title 14 › SUBTITLE II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 27 — PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS › SUBCHAPTER III — PAYMENTS › § 2763
Summary
Secretary may give extra leave to Coast Guard personnel at isolated stations when they are confined by isolation or must serve extended duty.
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Title 14, §2763
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The Secretary may grant compensatory absence from duty to military personnel of the Coast Guard serving at isolated duty stations of the Coast Guard when conditions of duty result in confinement because of isolation or in long periods of continuous duty.
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2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 511 of this title as this section. 2002—Pub. L. 107–295 substituted “Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at isolated duty stations” for “Compensatory absence of military personnel at isolated aids to navigation” in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary, under
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prescribed by him, may grant compensatory absence from duty to military personnel of the Coast Guard serving in lightships and at lighthouses and other isolated aids to navigation of the Coast Guard when conditions of duty result in confinement because of isolations or in long periods of continuous duty.” 1976—Pub. L. 94–546 substituted “Secretary” for “head of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating”.
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14 U.S.C. § 2763
Title 14, Coast Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102